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Nara has a PhD in English Literature from the University of Sussex, where she studied the intellectual production in Lagos-Nigeria in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Trained as a historian at the Universidade Federal Fluminense in Rio de Janeiro-Brazil, she also has an MA in African Studies from El Colegio de Mexico, in Mexico City. She is currently living in sunny Rio.
Contact Nara through her personal blog http://naraimprota.wordpress.com/
Twitter: @naraimprota

• Marcus Garvey Foundation Research Fellowship

  By Nara Improta on 3 February , 2012 • ( 0 )

  Hi folks, info about fellowship to support the research in the fields of Africa and African diaspora. Deadline is March 16. XxN This fellowship, named in honor of the Marcus Garvey Foundation, looks to support doctoral candidates doing primary research in the… Read More ›

• SCOLMA 50th anniversary conference: African Studies in the Digital Age

  By Nara Improta on 12 January , 2012 • ( 4 )

  “Registration for this conference is now open, and you are warmly invited to attend” June 25-26 2012 Rothermere American Institute, Oxford Provisional Programme  (NB This programme is subject to change) Monday 25 June 9.00-10.00      Coffee and registration 10.00-11.00 Keynote:… Read More ›

• Africa Book Centre’s Sales! =)

  By Nara Improta on 12 January , 2012 • ( 0 )

  The Africa Book Centre will be moving to new, smaller premises in February and to this end, we are offering over 1000 excess stock items at bargain basement prices (up to 70% off list price). See the catalogues (arranged by region) here But… Read More ›

• CFP: Africans in the Americas and African Americans in Africa: the Shifting Boundaries of Citizenship in the 21st Century

  By Nara Improta on 12 January , 2012 • ( 0 )

  NYSAS 2012 Conference: Department of African American Studies, the Africana Research Center, the Smeal College of Business, and the Paul Robeson Cultural Center will be hosting the 37th annual conference of the New York African Studies Association (NYASA). Abstracts are… Read More ›

• CFP: Toyin Falola Annual International Conference on Africa and the African Diaspora

  By Nara Improta on 12 January , 2012 • ( 0 )

  Cal for papers: Cultures, Identities, Nationalities, and Modernities in Africa and the African Diaspora Submission of Abstract Due: March 30th, 2012 The Toyin Falola Annual Conference (TOFAC) welcomes submissions of abstracts and outlines of papers for the 2012 conference, which is scheduled to… Read More ›

• Become a book or film reviewer of the African Studies Review

  By Nara Improta on 12 January , 2012 • ( 0 )

  New Film Review Editor for the African Studies Review The African Studies Association (US) and the Editors of the African Studies Review  announced the appointment of Professor Kenneth Harrow, Michigan State University, as the Film Review Editor of the African Studies Review…. Read More ›

• African Literature Conference At Makerere University

  By Nara Improta on 27 November , 2011 • ( 4 )

  ******************* UPDATE: POSTPONEMENT OF AFRICAN LITERATURE CONFERENCE AT MAKERERE UNIVERSITY The organizers of the African Literature Conference that was slated for 12-14 July 2012 have made the difficult decision to postpone the Conference to January 2013 due to circumstances that… Read More ›

• Call for book and film reviews

  By Nara Improta on 27 November , 2011 • ( 2 )

  The Journal of African Media Studies Call for book and film reviews The Journal of African Media Studies (JAMS) invites book and film reviews from junior and senior researchers, scholars and professionals from around the world, and particularly from the African… Read More ›

• John Hope Franklin Research Center, Duke University

  By Nara Improta on 27 November , 2011 • ( 1 )

  The John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture, part of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University, announces the availability of travel grants for research travel to our collections. The John Hope… Read More ›

• Call for papers: Trust and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Societies

  By Nara Improta on 31 October , 2011 • ( 2 )

  A thematic conference of the AEGIS network at the Centre for African Studies – Basel (October 4-6, 2012) Abstracts of 250 words should be sent until March 30, 2012 to Sandra Burri s.burri-at-unibas.ch. The speakers will be notified on the acceptance of their… Read More ›